Celebrities Without Makeup: Who Needs It and Who Doesn’t?

Who can forget the photo on the left? Katy Perry’s husband, Russell Brand, tweeted this picture of his lovely bride a few months back and deleted it not long after, probably due to protests from his wife. In all honesty, I don’t think she looks that bad. Granted, she doesn’t look great but she doesn’t look all that bad. Let’s not ignore the fact that she’s sort of got a weird expression on her face and has probably just gotten out of bed. Even so, it’s hard to argue that Katy doesn’t look a lot better with makeup.

I wanted to put a better-without-makeup picture here, but I thought that was best left for later in the article. I couldn’t pass up the chance to give serious props to two lovely and fearless Hollywood babes who took to their Twitter and Facebook accounts respectively to show the world what they look like without makeup. First, Lisa Rinna. Sure she looks more glamorous with makeup but honestly, I think she looks pretty good without makeup too – better than I do, anyway.

Teri Hatcher took to her Facebook account to strike back at claims that she uses too much Botox by posting pictures of herself that she took just after getting out of the shower. Along with the pictures, she posted a message admitting to using fillers and injections in the past but also telling women that they are beautiful. Does Teri look better with makeup? Yes. Much, much better, but having the guts to post those pictures on her official Facebook page knowing the media would pick them up and broadcast them around the world made her far more attractive to me than most of the celebrities on there. Note to Megan Fox: this is how you shut the critics up. Sure Megan’s pictures showed she probably hasn’t had Botox, but the layers of makeup she had on in those photos really took a lot of punch out of the message. Teri took this picture completely barefaced and natural and I still think she looks beautiful.

So who else looks lovely with a natural face? Who really needs the time in the makeup chair to look their best? Let’s take a look at some of Hollywood’s most famous female celebrities without makeup broken down into the categories I think they belong in. Don’t agree? Make sure you let me know in the comments section at the end of the post.

Better With Makeup

Looking better with makeup doesn’t necessarily mean you look bad without it. It just means that wearing a little makeup brings out your natural beauty. That’s the case with most (but not all) of the ladies I’ve included in this section.

Better Without Makeup

A little makeup can go along way but there are some women in Hollywood that just look better fresh faced and natural. This section is fairly small because there just aren’t many women that can claim makeup takes away from their natural beauty. Many of the women I’ve included here have a special something about them that makes them stand out and all too often, makeup takes that ‘something special’ and makes it ‘something typical’.

Beautiful Either Way

I was a little surprised to see how many women fit into this category. I was one of those somewhat jaded people who thought most of the gorgeous faces I see on the red carpet would look much different without a hair and makeup team and in a lot of cases, I was wrong. They don’t really look better with makeup or without makeup. Their natural beauty shines through no matter what they do.

I actually agree but as a straight female, I asked my husband for a “male” perspective and I think he may have lead me astray on that one. Plus, I think it may have been a bad picture. She is making a strange face.

WOW, jennifer garner better with it? that woman has by far the most natural beauty at her age I’ve ever seen in Hollywood, looks no different without it. Same for Gisele. Heidi isnt that bad, but I agree she is better with it. and seriously, Kate looks better without? she’s not particularly attractive to begin with but she clearly looks better with some (but then so does everyone). Jessica Biel looks tired without it, she looks fine with some concealer and eye definition, otherwise, she’s fairly natural too. Ashley Greene, perfect ranking. But Gwyneth and Jennifer need to be there with her.

Adriana looks 100% different without it. Truly not trying to insult either woman, but Mila Kunis without makeup in many pics looks like my middle aged mom a bit =| You’re blind if you don’t see her tons of makeup on there.

Vanessa Hudgens, better with. Kim K, tons of plastic surgery to make up for it. some of these are true, some pretty off.